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Falling for myself: a memoir /

By Dorothy Ellen Palmer

Biography of persons with disabilities, Women biography, Canadian biography, Canadian authors (Non-fiction)

Synthetic audio, Human-transcribed braille

Summary

Born with congenital anomalies in both feet, then called birth defects, Dorothy Ellen Palmer was adopted as a toddler by a wounded 1950s family who had no idea how to handle the tangled complexities of adoption and disability. From repeated…childhood surgeries to an activist awakening at university to decades as a feminist teacher, mom, improv coach and unionist, she tried to hide being different. But now, standing proud with her walker, she's sharing her journey. Navigating abandonment, abuse and ableism, she finds her birth parents and a new chosen family in the disability community. 2019.

Title Details

ISBN9781989496039

PublisherWolsak and Wynn Publishers Ltd.

Copyright Date2019

Book number3033032

Braille details for CELA title

Volumes7

Braille codeUEB

Braille producerCELA

Falling for myself: a memoir /

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